Three Working Moms Share Their Favorite Items for the Kids

Most families have full-time schedules. Mom and dad work around the clock, there’s school for the kids, and extracurriculars galore. Now more than ever, multitasking is a must. So we turned to three busy moms, model Leilani Bishop, landscape designer Miranda Brooks, and photographer Yelena Yemchuk, to get their advice on how to streamline and simplify life. In our in-book Index section in the August issue, they highlighted a sampling of easy pieces—from animal motifs for tots to dresses and flats for moms—that result in effortless, eye-catching style. Here, we take it a baby-step further, with their tips for everything from a go-to baby shower gift to where to find the perfect Halloween costumes.

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It’s fitting that landscape designer Miranda Brooks named her two daughters, Poppy Halard, seven, and Violette Grey Halard, five, after flowers: Luckily the girls are just as drawn to transforming the world around them as their mother is, and this is reflected in the materials that make up their lives.